Paard of koe in een landschap 1909

This landscape drawing, made by Johan Antonie de Jonge, captures a fleeting moment, the artist using rough, scribbled marks to create a scene that feels both immediate and timeless. It’s like we're looking at a memory, smudged and softened by time. I can imagine de Jonge standing in a field, squinting in the sun, quickly trying to capture the essence of the place. The texture of the paper itself becomes part of the landscape, the pencil dancing across the surface to suggest forms that only half-emerge. Look at the way he renders those trees, not as distinct forms but as tangled scribbles, reflections in the water suggested by these vertical lines. They’re like nervous energy made visible. It reminds me of other landscape artists, like Constable, always trying to capture the light and atmosphere of a place. Artists are constantly in dialogue, riffing off each other, sharing ideas across time and space. Each mark carries intention, each choice builds on what came before. Drawing and painting are a conversation, not a lecture.